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Our aim is to gather a community of palm oil advocates to combat against the anti-palm oil rhetoric funded by anti-palm oil lobbyists in Europe.

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As of 30th June 2019, RSPO recorded 4,349 registered members across 94 countries which is an annual increase of 11% since 2018.

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According to the Impact Update 2019 released by RSPO, the P&C certified area grew by over 22% year-on-year to 3,891,983 hectares across 16 countries.

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Head of Sustainability at Upfield, Sally Smith recommended palm oil as more preferable than other oil alternatives as it is efficient and requires less land.

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Global Canopy published a list of 500 companies and financial institutions linked to tropical deforestation from soy, palm, cattle and timber but only half made a zero-deforestation commitment by 20202 and none of them are on track to hit the target.

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‘We will not keep quiet. We will go all out to speak the truth’ Primary Industries Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar

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PhD student on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet, Joss Lyons-White said that when it comes to deforestation, cattle and beef is responsible for around 70% of the tropical deforestation rates.

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RSPO that has a system that identifies valuable areas of forest and keeps palm oil deforestation-free has certified about 19% of the palm oil produced around the globe.

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‘We are told that we must remove duties on imports, or reduce it so that foreign products can knock out our infant industries.’ said Tun M. How can a country industrialise when we can only export raw materials?

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Advisor to RSPO, Bungaran Saragih said that there would never be a good global solution to the palm oil controversy if Europe and the US insist on absolute sustainability as the process should be gradual and resources are needed
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‘I think a good portion of the international scrutiny is quite negative and in a bad faith, motivated by business interests because vegetable oils in the developed countries will never be able to compete with palm oil’, said Bungaran Saragih, advisor to RSPO.

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GM of Thailand’s Univanich Palm Oil Public Company Ltd, Harry Brock of Britain said “I often found many people, even conscientious consumers in the UK, did not understand what they meant by sustainability when they referred to palm oil”.

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Did you know? Malaysian palm oil is famous and popularly used in global kitchens due to its neutral taste that retains the flavour of the food.

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During the 17th annual meeting of the RSPO, Carl Bek Nielsen, chief executive director of Malaysia’s United Plantations Berhad, said that it would take some time to convince consumers in Europe about the sustainability of palm oil.

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“About 70% of the population in the United Kingdom and other European countries still have bad opinion about palm oil,” said RSPO chief executive officer Darrel Webber. What can we do to make a difference?

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‘This collaboration across multiple stakeholders is needed to drive the mass adoption of palm oil certification,’ said Deputy Primary Industries Minister Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin.

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Wild Asia is a Malaysian social enterprise that introduced Wild Asia Group Scheme in an effort to support small producers with global palm oil suppliers to solve issues in the industry.

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58 Orang Asli independent smallholders became the first of their people to be awarded both the RSPO and MSPO certification.

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335 independent smallholders joined the Wild Asia Group Scheme (WAGS) voluntarily and are the first group of small planters to receive both the MSPO and RSPO certifications.

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Did you know? Throughout the production process, Malaysian palm oil undergoes strict quality control to ensure top quality and consumers' safety.

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After months of hard work to be complied with the requirements, more than 300 oil palm smallholders of the Wild Asia Group Scheme were awarded the sustainability certification.

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